Jack and the Three Sillies
by Chase, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
The book contains no notes but a short introduction to the tradition of stories about Jack. The front jacket flap emphasizes the hilarity of the folktale and illustrations. There is an emphasis on the oral tradition as the story's source, with “Told by Richard Chase” on the title page. The narrator says, “Jack?—Why he was a boy lived back in old times. I reckon he lived somewhere here in the mountains. There’s a lot of tales on Jack.” He ends with “And the last time I was down there they were both of 'em gettin' on well.” See AppLit page on this book and other variants at http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/bibs/tales/sillies.htm and bibliography of Richard Chase at http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/bibs/chasebib.htm.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39646
- Title
- Jack and the Three Sillies
- Author
- Chase, Richard
- Illustrator
- Joshua Tolford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- 20th Century Easy to Read Authors, Signed by Richard Chase, Richard Chase's Autograph, Joshua Tolford, Illustrator
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Juvenile;
Terms of Sale
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...